Metallic box-clip for plaster boards or blocks for use in partition-wall and ceiling construction.



M. H. JESTER. METALLIC BOX CLIP FOR PLASTB R BOARDS OR BLOCKS POR USIB IN PARTITION WALL ANDA CEILING CONSTRUCTION.

Y I APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, 191s. 1,126,020. y.

.Patented J&n.2`6,1915.

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ssrn 'osseme- 'useful Metallic BOX-@lip for Plaster Boards or Blocks ,for lUse in Partition-Wa@ and Construction, foi which elle following is .a specification.

My invention relates to an improved emetailic bonfslnaped clip for use in ,parti-tion Weil and ceiling' eonstnuetions, ansehe (ibjects of -niyvinvention are: Mist, To provide a clip of this eiiaiaoeer which is -nseii in connection with .channei 'bar stuifiing, Vsaici slips being arranged so ilse' clamped to fthe .tnclfiingeso as 'to be held at the required position before ythe plaster boards are'se- .cured thonet-e. "Second, To ,provide .a clip having a 'ohannelexipontion aaptsfi to 'fit over the channel bar, anci a separabie yokeshapeciistrip Whisk/engages ttli'e opposite side of Ythe saifi 'ohanne bei', vits -enfis being passed through an "opseing` in the ehanneied pon -Eignne is Va perspeetive view, showing a portion 'of a olnannei bar sind with lthe nnproved eli-p fseenreel 1n position tereon.

f2 is a siniilai' View taken from the re verse sicie of |Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a peispeotive View of the oiip -eletaohed from be-channel y bar stud, ytile attaching strip being omitted Fig. 1i is a lio 1mental sectional View through a portion 'of -a partition, lshowingthe im pros/'sd .oiip :and the manner 'of securing plaster boards thereto. Fig. 5 is a horizontal, sectional vienr simiiiar to e, but-showing 'the end-s of the secniiirng strip bent to lie against the i'ont sise of the plaster boards instead of against ftiioir naar mees. F-igff 1s ein edge View -o the 'securing strip. Fig. 7 is aront new of-a portion io a parti-tion lll'nstra'tmg the appll'eati'on'yof ythe improved Voligo. Fig. 8 is a horioiitail se'o'tienai Sviev,

iilnstra'ting a sliihtfmoiiieationo-the slip to adapt fthe same for nee in conneetion with a "s'e eievatiem 'of leise somos-slip "shown 4in 'Speeieation of Letters Patent.

191%. Serial-No. 775,322.

Fig. 8, the securing strip being shown n dotted lines.

vSimilar vletters of reference refer 'to simiia-r xpants throughout the several views.

My improved box-shaped clip is used in the construction of nre-,proof plaster boar or .plaster block meta-l stud partitions, and are called skeleton partitions or partition cores, andtliey are arranged and adapted to receive and support stucco andL other plasterin mortals and cements on 'their opposite sies,..and villen inishe' they make a stiff, irm,.rigid reproof partition of about two Ainoiies in thickness.

Referring 'to the drawings: The numeral Y l designates va metallic stud suoli as is nse foe studvciing in plaster board or plaster block partition Work, as is shown in Fig. 7. These studs are positioned vertically be tween the 4floors and oeiings `of `rooms and they are spaced a' distance apart to receive anii support between them the various sizes of plaster Aboaris mannaetnred for part ltions, which :are :mafie in various sizes, the sizes most generaliy fused' foi' this class of partition being ytweniyiour, 'thirty an thirtysix inches apart.

The. piaster boards vary in thickness from abolita quarter of an inch to about threeeigliths Aof an yinch in thieimess, and the Paese-ees as, isis.

plaster blocks are muon thicker, varying@ gironi .about-iive-eighths to an inch or over in thiolmess.

in Figs. a4.- yand 5, fragmentary end portions of yplasuer boarfis 2, are shown eontallio clip, While in Fig. 8 the fragmentary :i end portionof a rplaster block is shown connested and supporte. to che stud l 'by my metallic clip. Thefstnci may oe of any able form of cross section. preerably, however, use and have illustrated ehanne'l iron -or bar form offmetal stud, although. could use Hat bar vstud, of issn or steel sieii as is Yillustrated. in my Patent 'Number 1,001,146, issued to me August 22., 1911.

My improved. clip ris compose-:l of two parts 3 anni 4, both parts of which. are of yoke-shape and t I'or folci around the ehannel stesi from its vopposite edges, and the part e olds arouni the ehannei bar within thevfpart' ami its free ends extend `through apertures 23, formed in the en `7 of the neoted to lthe stu l 'by' my improved nieyeke-shaped ortion of the part 3. The.

art 3 is a yo e-shaped winged clip bent to lieve a closed end portion 7, fitting against one edgeof 'the channel bar and side portions 8,` arranged to fit loosely over the sides of the channel bar,and extending toeven with the adjacent edge of the channel bar when the closed end of the clip 3 is bearing against the opposite edge of thechannel bar, and the sides 8, terminate in oppositely extending w'ings 9, which are arranged at substantiallyright angles to the sides 8, of the clip, whlch sides are preferably bent con? vergin ly inward toward the channel bar from t e closed end of the clip, which makes the space between the two sides of the cllp narrower at the open end of the clip than at the closed end portion of the clip, this angular arrangementl of the sides o f the cli bein es ecially provided to permit the si es to t the narrowest channel bar made or to be sprung outwardly'. enou h to lit over the widest channelbars ma e of the size used in this class of partition work, which is generally of the size known as one inch channel bar, but the different makers of these small channel bars make them of slightly different widths, and the intro- .yerted angular arran ement of the sides is made to permit the si es of this outside yoke portion of my clip to fit snugly the narrow est one inch channel made or to ypermit the sides to be sprung outwardl over the widest or thickest of the size of c annel bars used for this partition work. I

The part 4 comprises a lmetal strip of the i width of the opening 5 inthe part 3. This 4strip is first bent in (yoke form, as shown in Fig. 6, and is place on the stud from the opposite side to that upon which the clip 3 'is placed, and its ends are passed through the opening 5. They are then bent down against the sides of the channeled or yoke shaped portion of the clip 3, and then at right angles, so as' to rest against the wings 9 of the clip. In this manner the clip is securely clamped upon the stud, and will not slip out of position, thus enabling a number of clips to be secured in position upon the studs before the plaster. boards are ap lied.

he studs are provided at intervals with apertures 10, and the sides `8 of the chan neled portion of the clip are provided with similar apertures l1, adapted to register with the apertures 10 when the clips are 12, which register wlth'the apertures 10 and l1, and these apertures are such a distance l from the wings of the clip that when the plaster boards '2 are placed against the said wings, their ends partially cover the said holes. These boards are placed against the i wings of the clips, or, more strictly speak bowed or bulged, as shown. The plate 17 1s 13G portions of the registering apertures beyond the outer surface of the plaster boards,

causes `the nail to crowd or press againsty the boards, thereby clamping them to the clips. It is only necessary, however, to hold the boards in place by the nails, with a clamping pressure suiicient to hold the nails in place, so that the use of a hammer for in` serting the nails will be unnecessary.

After the boards havel been secured, as shown m-Fi 7, they are given the usual rough and ishing coats of laster, b which the projecting portions oi) the stu s wlth the clips and nails, are completely concealed, and the partition is then in a completed state. l

This form of clip provides for securing the plaster 'boards so as to form straight or unbroken Joints along the lines of their opposiny edges.

ni frig. 5, 1 have illustrated a slightly dlierent arrangement from what is shown 1n the preceding figures. Inthis arrangement, the same parts are employed, 4but the securing strip 15 in this case, after being bent over the sides 8 of the channeled portion of the clip 3, are bent at right anglesv 4. The part of the securing-Inail bears against the ends of' the stri 1 he apertures 16, in this strip are s1 tly out of line with those in the clip van stud, as shown, so that the outer part of its marginal edge will not be en aged by the nail; otherwise the nail coul not act to clamp the ends of the strip against the plaster cards.

In Figs. 8 and 9, I have illustrated a modification of the clip, in which the same is arranged for securing plaster blocks, which are about twice the thickness of the plaster boards. In this arrangement, the yoked strip 4 is the same as shown in Figs. l to 4 inclusive, and Fig. 6, but in place of the plate 3, I substitute a plate 17, havin r a channeled 4portion `18, the end wall o which is provided with parallel'slots 19, which release a strip 20, which is outwardl l iai-Leonce placed upon one sideo the stud, and the 4yokcd strip 4 is placed over. the opposite ing anail beneath the bowed strip 20, andl 4 vagainst the "'faces of' the blocks, the said blocks are clamped to the plate 17, as clearly f shown by Fig. v8.

Having described my invention', what l claim as new and desireto secure by ltters Patent, is:

l. ln a clampin device for securing plas ter boards to stud ing, the combination with a stud of a channeled clip-plate thereon hav'- ing an opening in the channel thereof, a yoke-shaped strip which engages the stud :trom the opposite side, the ends of which are passed through the o ening the channel and are bent to con orm to the contour of the said clipplate,-and means for secursaid clip-plate. i

' plate engaging'v having ing the plaster-boards against the ends Aci 2. In a cli for plaster boards, .as specified, the com ination with a stud, of a ehpan aperture, a yoke i en aging the otherfedge of the stud, the endso which eX# tend through the said aperture and are bent to engage thel plate, and means forsecur' the plaster-boards against the'ends of sai clip-plate. 1

` 3.l In a clip for plaster boards, as specied,

the combination with a studof a channeled clip-plate which overlies one edge ci said stud, an opening being formed inthe end y 'rable means.

Wall of the said channel, a yoke which overn lies the other edge of said stud, the ends of which extend through the said aperture and are bent-to engage-the sides of thechannel and lie parallel with the face of the plate, and .means for securing the plasterboards against the ends of said yoke.- I

4. 'In a clip Jfor plaster boards as specified, the combination with a stud, of a clip-plate having a channel, the sides of Which diverge from the plate, While an aperture is formed through its end Wall, said channel portion being placed over one edge of the stud, a yoke-shaped strip which' 1s passed over the opposite edge of. the stud between the diverging sides oi' the channel, the ends of said strip extending through theeopening in the channel and being bent over and against the sides of the same, and then parallel withthe plate, and means for securing the plaster-boards against the ends A posits edge oi said stud 'tions extending through apertures ir ofi said strip.

o. L clamping device as specied, com

one edge of the stud and pricing4 a channeled clip-plate, the said 'channel having an aperture in its end Wall,

a yolreshaped strip, the ends of which are passed through the said opening and bent around the sides of said channel,said yoke 7g and channel forming together a rectangular inoi'osure, and means for securing the plas- ,ter-boards against the ends of said strip.

6. In a clamping device forplaster boards asl speciied, vtiir'e combination with a stud of a lll-shaped clip-plate having its channeled portion adapted to lie over said stud on one side7 a'yolse-shapedstrip adaptedy to straddley-the stud from the opposite side, the' ends of which extend through an aperture so 'in saidchannel and are bent around the sides of the same. 'and rngans for securing the plaster-boards againstthe ends of said p strip.

.7. d securing-device or plaster-boards, comprising .a stud, ai @shaped plate having an apertured channel portion adapted to lie ovey theront'edge. oi said stud and oppositely-entcnding wings, ,a yoke-shaped plate adapted lie `over the rear edge of said stud havin portions extending through the aperture o' the channell portion of said U- shaped late and bent to conform to they :shape o v the lattenand means forsecuring the plaster-boards against the portions of said yoke-'shaped plate overlying said wings.

8. A Asecillrng device for' plaster-boards, .comprising a stud, evfelip-plate having a channeled portion engaging oneedge oi said stud, se arable means engaging the opposite edge o rsaid stud and having portions en- ,tending through apertures in said channeled portion for securing said clip-plate to the stud, 'a keyvvay inthe channeled .portionfpi said clip-plate, and a key extending through said keyivay for securing the plasteriboards against the extended portions of vsaid sepacomprising a stud, a `Ll-shaped clip-plate 110 having an apertured channeled portion adapted to lie over the front edge of said stud.Av and oppositely-extending Wings, a yoke-shaped plate adapted to lie over the rear edge of said stud having portions eX- tending through the apertures of the channeled portion of saidU-shapedplate, said extending portion bein'g bent backward and outward to conform to the shape of said U- shaped plate, a keyvvay in the channeled portion of said clipplate; .and a key extending through said keyv'ay for securing the plaster-boardsagainst the ends of the extended portions of said yoke-shaped plate.

i 10. A. securing device for plaster-boards, comprising a stud, a clip-plate having a channeled portion engaging oneedge of said stud, separable means engaging the opand having poraid 19" channeled portion for securing said clip- In testimony whereof I affix my signaplate t'o the Stlfld, adrais'ed bowed portion on ture in presence of two witnesses. the outside o sai charme' ed ortion of y 1 said cliplate, and a keyexten ing under MARVIN H` JESPLR said raise portion for securing the plaster- Witnesses:

boards against the extended portions of said G. SARGENT ELLIOTT, separable means. ELIZABETH SMITH. 

